Dish drier



July 21, 1925.

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Patented July 2l, 1925.

UNlTED STTS HAYDEN C. SNODDY,

OF HOUSTON,

DISH DRIER.

Application filed February 14, 1921. Serial No. 444,811.

'the kitchen sink or drain board, or when provided with drip pan uponany convenient part of the wall.

The invention consists in the combination and arrangement of partshereinafter described and will best be understood by reference to theaccompanying specification and in which Fig. 1 is a perspective view,Fig. 2 a front elevation, Fig. 3 an end view, Fig. 1 an inner wiremember, Fig. 5 a front wire member for separating plates, dishes orwhatever may be placed in the drier, Fig. 6 represents one of thetransverse supporting bars of the frame of which Fig. 7 is a crosssection at A B of Figure 6, Fig. 8 is an elevation of the back and endsupporting bars, and Figure 9 shows the device in folded or collapsedposition.

A preferred form of construction is illustratcd in the drawings andcomprises two round iron frame members 9, of a general quadrilateralform as shown in Figure 1. These members are fastened together by twocross bars 10, at the front and one cross bar 10 at the top. Said framemembers t snugly in the end notches 15 in the ends of bars 10, 10 andare turnable therein. 1n Figure 6 there is shown a separate view of oneof the bars 10 and a cross section thereof, on the line A--B is shown inFigure 7. These bars are preferably made of galvanized sheet met-al inthe form of angle irons and the bars 1() are provided with holes 13thro-ugh one of the flanges of the bars as shown in Figure 7. The frameis strengthened farther by two back members 11, one of which is shownseparately in Fig. 8. rIhese members t into recesses 18 at the back,Fig. 1 and their front arms are each provided with a hook 21, Fig. Swhich is caused to clasp the member 9 at its front edge by bendinginwardly until it passes behind the front bar 9 when they are vpermittedto spring back thus giving rigidity to the whole frame by tensioning thetransverse bars 10. The wire members 13 are held suspended from the toptransverse support 10 by the hooks 22 shown in Fig. 5 which engage holesin same and thence pass through corresponding holes in the lowertransverse members or supports 10. The inner separating wires 14 arelooped at the top over members 13 and their lower portions pass throughholes in bars 12 in line transversely with the holes in the front bars10. The ends of these members 12 are formed with hooks 23 which hook oer, and may be readily disengaged from, the respective end arms of themembers 11.

The holes through which the wires pass are suiiciently large to admit ofthe easy turning of the wires. members 11 are also easily removable bypressing their outer or front ends inwardly until they disengage themembers 9 at their front sides and then dropping said fro-nt endsdownwardly and removing said members 11 from the rear. When thesemembers 11 have been removed the rest of the device may be forced intocollapsed position and will then occupy less space in shipping. This isaccomplished by swinging the front sides of the frame members 9 aroundin a corresponding direction, and as they swing around they will carrythe corresponding front bars 10 with them, as well turned in theirbearings in the bars 10 and as the wire members 13- until they reach thelimit of their movement, toward the plane of the back sides of saidmembers 9. The device cannot be completely collapsed, but the spaceoccupied by it can be thus great/ly reduced for shipping purposes.

Fig. 2, 19 and 2O show plates etc. as they would appear in theirrespective compartments. v, i

What I claim is:

1. A dish drier including a frame consisting of two end members of ageneral quadrilateral form, cross bars to the end of which said endmembers are attached, reinforcing members, formed with end hooks, anddisposed around said end `members said hooks engaging with the frontsides lof said end members.

2. A dish drier including a frame consisting of two end members of ageneral quadrilateral form, cross bars tol the end of which said endmembers are attached, U-shaped reinforcing members, formed with endhooks, and disposed around said end members said The back and sidebar,seid members engaging alsow'ith theV other cross bars.

3. A dish drier including a traine consisting of two end membersqurdriistei'ai in:-

form, cross bars to which said end members are attached, reiniorciii-gmeniibers,Vj `termed with end hooks',r and disposed aroundsa-id Y endmembers seid'V hooks enga-ging With lthe front sides of seidVendmembers, frontispacQ ing members Whose upper ends zii-re 4formedr-f'vvith hooksiiwhich 'engage' the upper cross ber,I 'insidespacingnrembers loopedv over the tops of 'the i'espeetive' irenewspa'cing' mem bers; means securingv said vfront:lsp'a'ciiiigwin-presence of two "Witnesses members in spaced reizition,andffineensz'for securing seid inside;` spacingimembfers "in `spaced relation.

4, A dish drier including e rameslformed of two' endm'emb'ershavingnotches'inftheir bers l rirei tulnably seerui 'iorcmgl membersVfitted: into seid: \re`spective fnot'ches an'dfwvh'ose"fends ere forinedwith j ,notchesV and Whose` ends are formed with hooks adapted to4engage With the front sides of said end members, said reinforcingmembers holding said frame in rigid position.

5. A dish drier including a frame formed of two end members havingnotches iriy their rear sides, crossr'barstofiwlrich :thel endmemsecured to' said f frame.

vIn testimony AWhereoiyf afi-ix )my'fsigiialture e HAYDEE G.y SNQDDY.

' Witnesses lOnLnr'GeorEm, Y Solemn Lofr'iMAN.

